Saturday, September 26, 2009

When the French President tells Obama to get real

Maybe he'll listen to a European voice. [Link]
The translation of Sarkozy's full remarks at the UN. Not much new, but as Jake Tapper Tweets, "*not sure he mocked Obama is accurate meme. Or, bluntly put, get real, dude! Aka How those Freedom Fries Tasting now, dope!
France fully supports your initiative to organize this meeting and the efforts you undertook with Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals. But let us speak frankly – we are here to guarantee peace.
We are right to speak of the future, but before the future there is the present, and at present we have two nuclear crises.
The people of the entire world are listening to what we’re saying, to our promises, our commitments and our speeches, but we live in a real world, not a virtual world.
We say: reductions must be made. And President Obama has even said, “I dream of a world without [nuclear weapons].” Yet before our very eyes, two countries are currently doing the exact opposite.

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